- May 27th, 2026
India’s potential acquisition of the American F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter seems to be hitting a roadblock, as shifts in US foreign policy and concerns over operational sovereignty prompt New Delhi to reconsider its options. While Washington formally offered the...
Lockheed Martin achieved a historic milestone last year, delivering 191 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters—the highest annual total in the program’s history, the company announced. The record-breaking figure significantly surpasses the previous high of 142 jets in 2021 and marks a...
India’s upcoming fifth-generation stealth fighter, the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA), is set to break new ground with an integrated telescopic boarding ladder—a feature that marks a departure from the conventional design philosophy of the country’s legacy combat jets. The...
Morocco’s ongoing negotiations with the United States for the acquisition of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II represent a potential turning point in North African military aviation, signaling Rabat’s ambition to join the global cohort of fifth-generation airpower operators. Analysts...
Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel has drawn an explicit and non-negotiable “red line” over the potential sale of F-35 Lightning II stealth fighters to Turkey, declaring that advanced Israeli-developed technologies embedded within the aircraft will not be shared with...
China is steadily boosting its influence in the global fighter jet market, banking on competitive pricing, flexible financing options, and minimal political restrictions to attract buyers across Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and beyond. While Beijing still trails dominant exporters...
NATO’s long-fractured air-power architecture appears to be entering a decisive period of realignment, as new indications suggest Washington and Ankara are inching toward resolving one of the most consequential defence disputes of the past decade. Fresh signals from senior US...
The United States Navy has awarded Pratt & Whitney a contract valued at up to $1.6 billion to sustain the F135 propulsion system that powers all variants of the F-35 Lightning II, the world’s largest and most widely deployed fifth-generation...
Trump’s Tariff Gambit Backfires as Global F-35 Orders Collapse, Threatening USD 100 Billion in Sales
US President Donald Trump’s unpredictable tariff crusade—framed domestically as a strategy to revive American jobs—appears to be delivering the opposite effect for one of the country’s biggest defense manufacturers. Lockheed Martin, builder of the F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter, is...
China has officially disclosed that the radar cross section (RCS) of its new-generation J-35 stealth fighter is smaller than the size of a human palm — a revelation that underscores Beijing’s accelerating progress in stealth technology and its ambition to...
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